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The outturn results are tabulated bolow. 



JV./>. The cost of cultivation is rather h'gh owing to tho watching charges which were necessary on account 

 of the isolated position of tho fields. 



On account of heavy rainfall, the sowing could not be under- 

 taken in time in the heavy soil and the effect of late sowing has 

 shown itself in the poor outturn. The over-saturation of the 

 field from the adjoining sugarcane plot may have also affected 

 the outturn. 



In the light soil plot the sowing was also rather late, but the 

 heavy rain does not appear to have affected the yield much, and 

 in spite of aphides the crop yielded 618 Ibs. of sead cotton in the 

 ridge system and 808 Ibs. in the bed system. 



IV. Irrigation Experiments with Sugarcane. 

 5. These experiments were divided into two blocks. 



In the first block the sugarcane was planted on the 1st of 

 February 1906; the experiment was commenced on the 27th of 

 May, when the crop stood about 4' high and had received about 

 ten waterings. At this time the cane crop was almost even in 

 growth in all the plots. 



In this block the following was the scheme of experiments: 

 Plot I To receive water equal to 8" of rainfall every 10 days. 

 II To receive water equal to 4" of rainfall every 10 days. 

 III To receive water equal to 3" of rainfall every 10 days. 

 IV To receive water equal to 2" of rainfall at an interval of 

 G days in the hot weather and 8 days in the cold 

 weather. 



